RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Missouri >> Butler County >> Halloran >> Genealogy HelperIndex...

Our Genealogy Helper

Introduction ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Halloran (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Halloran. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Halloran is located in Butler County.

To see how the shape of Missouri's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Butler County: Clay (AR), Carter, Dunklin, Ripley, Stoddard & Wayne.

Below are the counties that are near Halloran. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Halloran:

  • Butler County     (The home county of Halloran)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Halloran, with the one closest to Halloran listed first.
    • Poplar Bluff
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Kelly Town
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Kelly Town is located in Butler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly Town
    • Harviell
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Rombauer
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Rombauer is located in Butler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rombauer
    • Neelyville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Fisk
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Broseley
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Oglesville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Oglesville is located in Butler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oglesville
    • Qulin
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Qulin is located in Butler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Qulin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
    • Fagus
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Fagus is located in Butler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fagus
  • Carter County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Halloran, with the one closest to Halloran listed first.
    • Ellsinore
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Grandin
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Grandin is located in Carter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 231 people
    • Chicopee
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Chicopee is located in Carter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicopee
    • Van Buren
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Ripley County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Halloran, with the one closest to Halloran listed first.
    • Fairdealing
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Fairdealing is located in Ripley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdealing
    • Gamburg
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Gamburg is located in Ripley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gamburg
    • Oxly
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Oxly is located in Ripley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxly
    • Naylor
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Naylor is located in Ripley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naylor
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 585 people
    • Doniphan
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Bennett
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Bennett is located in Ripley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennett
    • Briar
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Briar is located in Ripley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briar
    • Current View
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Current View is located in Ripley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Current View
    • Ponder
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Ponder is located in Ripley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponder
    • Bardley
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Bardley is located in Ripley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bardley
  • Stoddard County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Halloran, with the one closest to Halloran listed first.
    • Puxico
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Dudley
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Dudley is located in Stoddard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
  • Wayne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Halloran, with the one closest to Halloran listed first.
    • Williamsville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Dees Town
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Dees Town is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dees Town
    • Mill Spring
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Mill Spring is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Spring
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
    • Wappapello
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Piedmont
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Greenville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Shook
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Shook is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shook
    • Patterson
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Silva
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Silva is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silva
    • Bounds
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Bounds is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bounds
    • McGee
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • McGee is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGee
    • Hiram
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Hiram is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiram
    • Lowndes
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Lowndes is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowndes
  • Clay County (AR)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Halloran, with the one closest to Halloran listed first.
    • Current View
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Current View is located in Clay County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Current View
    • Moark
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Moark is located in Clay County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moark
    • Success
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Success is located in Clay County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Success
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
    • Corning
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • McDougal
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • McDougal is located in Clay County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDougal
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
  • Randolph County (AR)
    • Middlebrook
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Middlebrook is located in Randolph County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlebrook

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Halloran, see our County-by-County Page for Halloran.

Cemeteries Near Halloran ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Halloran.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Halloran - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Halloran covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Halloran, with the one closest to Halloran listed first.

  • Kearbey Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Collins Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Shiloh Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Margaret Trainor Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Scott Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Houts Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Sparkman Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Kearney Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Beaver Dam Church Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Bay Springs Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Military Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Nunley Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (268 more) ...
    • Three Springs Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Black River Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Harmony Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<2>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Halloran had a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Halloran, with the one closest to Halloran listed first.

  • Belcher ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Belcher is located in Butler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belcher
  • Upalika
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Upalika is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upalika
  • Keeners
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Keeners is located in Butler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeners
  • Roxie ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Roxie is located in Butler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxie
  • Hendrickson
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Hendrickson is located in Butler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendrickson
  • Williamsville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Fairdealing
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Fairdealing is located in Ripley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdealing
  • Hilliard
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Hilliard is located in Butler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilliard
  • Kerrigan ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Kerrigan is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerrigan
  • Grandin
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Grandin is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 231 people
  • Poplar Bluff
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Barlow ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Barlow is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barlow
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Pleasant Grove
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Pleasant Grove is located in Ripley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
    • Gamburg
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Gamburg is located in Ripley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gamburg
    • Hunter
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Hunter is located in Carter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Halloran. See our List of 1890's Communities around Halloran.

Newspapers Published in Halloran ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 48 newspapers that have been published in the area around Halloran.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Halloran, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Halloran.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Halloran:

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Halloran, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Halloran) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.